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Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum Sequence

(2019 admission - present)

First Year - Fall Semester
Course Number Course Description Hours
PHRD 4001 Personal Growth and Development I 1
PHRD 4002 Principles of Drug Action I 4
PHRD 4004 Pharmaceutical Calculations 2
PHRD 4008 Pharmaceutics I 3
PHRD 4010 Introduction to Pharmacy 1
PHRD 4012 Pathophysiology I 3
PHRD 4020 Integrated Lab Sequence I 1
PHRD 4033 Drug Information Retrieval 3
  Total 18

First Year - Spring Semester
PHRD 4021 Personal Growth and Development II 1
PHRD 4027 Principles of Drug Action II 2
PHRD 4029 Pharmaceutics II 3
PHRD 4031 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Law I 2
PHRD 4035 Pathophysiology II 3
PHRD 4049 Integrated Lab Sequence II 1
PHRD 4079 Self-Care/Patient Assessment I Module 4
  Total 16

First Year - Summer
PHRD 4050 Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience 4
  Total 4

Second Year - Fall Semester
PHRD 4101 Personal Growth and Development III 1
PHRD 4052 Research Methods and Literature Evaluation 3
PHRD 4056 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 3
PHRD 4064 Therapeutics I (Cardiovascular) 6
PHRD 4070 Integrated Lab Sequence III 1
PHRD 4072 Therapeutics II (Endocrine) 3
  Electives 2/3*
  Total 19/20

Second Year - Spring Semester
PHRD 4121 Personal Growth and Development IV 1
PHRD 4047 Parenterals 1
PHRD 4077 Health Care Systems 3
PHRD 4085 Therapeutics III (Infectious Disease) 6
PHRD 5008 Self-Care/Patient Assessment II Module 2
PHRD 4093 Therapeutics IV (Renal/Urology) 2
PHRD 4099 Integrated Lab Sequence IV 1
  Electives 2/3*
  Total 18/19

Second Year - Summer
PHRD 5000 Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience 4
  Total 4

Third Year - Fall Semester
PHRD 5001 Personal Growth and Development V 1
PHRD 5006 Professional Pharmacy Management 3
PHRD 5014 Therapeutics V (Neurology/Psychiatry) 5
PHRD 5020 Integrated Lab Sequence V 1
PHRD 5022 Therapeutics VI (Gastrointestinal/Nutrition/Hepatic/Respiratory) 4
PHRD 5025 Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes 2
  Electives 3
  Total 19

Third Year - Spring Semester 
PHRD 5021 Personal Growth and Development VI 1
PHRD 5002 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Law II 2
PHRD 5012 Pharmacy Communications 2
PHRD 5026 Clinical Informatics and Medication Safety 2
PHRD 5039 Therapeutics VII (Bone & Joint/Dermatology/Eyes/Special populations) 4
PHRD 5047 Therapeutics VIII (Hematology/Oncology) 3
PHRD 5049 Integrated Lab Sequence VI 1
  Electives 2
  Total 17

Fourth Year 
PHRD 6000 Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6001 Review of Integrated Pharmacotherapy 1
PHRD 6002 Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6004 Advanced Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6006 Advanced Adult Medicine Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6008 Advanced Specialty Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6010 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience I 6
PHRD 6012 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience II 6
  Total 43

  Total Professional Hours
159
  Total for Degree (including Pre-Pharmacy curriculum) 234

Additional Information

* Students are required to take a total of 5 credit hours of electives in the second year, but may take 6 credit hours of electives if desired.

Syllabi which has been provided may be obtained by clicking on the course number above.


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